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Dahlia Bishop's Children
Dahlia 'Bishop's Children' Seeds
With dramatic dark foliage and luscious velvety single flowers in shades of red, pink, yellow and orange Dahlia Bishop's Children is quite a show stopper. Butterflies and bees love these Dahlias which grow up to 90cm/3 feet tall and will need staking or netting to support their tall stems.
Dahlias are often planted as tubers and that’s brilliant when you need a particular colour or shape for your garden or flower arrangements. If you love Dahlias and just want a good mixture of colours then growing from seed is a good option and you can save their tubers for next year. Once you discover how easy it is to grow Dahlias from seed you’ll wonder why you didn’t try it before!
| Genus | Dahlia |
| Variety | Bishop's Children |
| Plant Type | Treat as Half Hardy Annual (Actually Tender Perennial) |
| Height & Spread | 90cm/3 feet tall x 45cm/ 18 inches wide |
| Sow Seeds | Sow indoors in modules in spring. Pot on after 3-4 weeks. Grow on until the young plants have a well developed rootball. |
| Thin/Plant Out | Plant out when the soil has warmed up in May allowing 45cm/18 inches between plants. |
| Conditions Required | Dahlias are from
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| Flower Production | Dahlias will flower all summer and well into autumn (July –November) as long as you keep picking the flowers and removing dead heads to prevent your plants setting seed. |
| Picking | Pick flowers when the blooms are almost fully open and remove the lower leaves. Re-cut their hollow stems under water to remove any airlocks. |
| Planting Combinations | Dahlias grow well with Cosmos, Rudbeckia and Zinnias and other long flowering Half Hardy Annuals |